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During the debate, watched by around 21,000 people, questions were taken from people watching the live feed.

A Port Talbot woman asked the panel if they would support the idea of cutting back on MPs expenses for public services – particularly fighting terrorism.

The Aberavon hustings

Mr Bennison: “Policing needs to be better funded than its ever been before.

“The more police and service personnel we can have in place. Whatever needs to be done to get these people done and jailed – needs to be done now.”

The question came as Theresa May faced calls to resign over her cuts to police budgets.

Mr Kinnock said the only expenses he claimed was his train journey to London, adding: “We need to be tough on radicalisation and the causes of radicalisation. Being tough on radicalisation means being sure you have adequate police resources.

“It’s absolutely disgraceful that during her time as Home Secretary, Theresa May cut police numbers by 20,000.”

Neath Port Talbot hustings Aberavon live broadcast

Ms Jones gave her “thoughts and feelings” to everyone affected by the terror attacks.

She added: “How do we combat this? We need to support out police. Our police on the streets are out eyes and our ears. They bring the communities together.”

Mr Phillips said: “It’s about resourcing our police and security services. We need to find those very few bad individuals who want to commit crimes. What’s happened here is that resources have diminished so when someone is identified by the community they are not able to look into it properly to assess the threat.”

Plaid candidate Mr Bennison finished by saying Port Talbot “needs change” after 100 years of Labour. “The past 50 to 60 years has seen Aberavon deteriorate as an area and nothing is being done. We need now to take control back.”